POLS 2900 Study Guide - John Stuart Mill, Ten Acres, Divine Right Of Kings
12 Mar 2014
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Plato: the trial and death of socrates: euthyphro, Political active, and represent specific issues within the given historical context. Everything is relative in the social universe. Politics to improve people"s life/soulfirst step through argument. Virtues: wisdom, courage, moderation, and justice (wcmj) And it is certainly a happier condition to be enslaved to a man than to a lust, since the very lust for dominating -- not to mention others. - ravishes the hearts of mortals by a most savage mastery. Our attention / existence on this earth is mere appearance. Happiness for how things turn out -- the divine force of life -- nature. Emergence of lust, passion -- great punishment. Human race as a whole is progressing -- advancing away from savage independence. Appeal to the interest of women, but anyone. Writing from within liberal tradition -- cannot make arguments on rights, but on utilitarian grounds.
